# Nicholas K. > Sr. Engineer at SK hynix memory solutions America inc. Location: Milpitas, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/nicholask ## Work Experience ### Senior Engineer @ SK hynix memory solutions America Inc. Jan 2025 – Present | San Jose, California, United States Define and execute platform engineering strategy to boost scalability, reliability, and developer productivity across all application deployments Lead administration of on-site Kubernetes clusters, optimizing cluster resiliency, monitoring and integration with CI/CD pipelines to cut downtime and quicken release cycles Implement GitOps-driven CI/CD workflows with Argo CD, enabling fully declarative service deployments and cutting commit-to-deployment lead time Collaborate with software engineers to refine build and release processes for greater speed and reliability Architect and automate bare-metal provisioning with Ansible, standardizing Red Hat-based systems for idempotent configurations and streamlined on-boarding Monitor on-prem infrastructure health using Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, and Alertmanager, and lead incident triage during outages Train software engineers on Kubernetes best practices, GitOps principles, and incident response, accelerating team self-sufficiency ### Engineer @ SK hynix memory solutions America Inc. Jan 2019 – Jan 2025 | San Francisco Bay Area Member of Firmware Test Engineering Team, Software Development - Platform Engineering Administered on-prem Docker Swarm cluster to ensure resilient, high-availability application deployments Automated CI/CD pipelines using Portainer, Gitea, and Drone CI for commit-to-deployment workflow Built and maintained automation tools in Python and Go to streamline infrastructure support and maintenance Provisioned and maintained bare-metal and virtualized infrastructure for on-prem environment Developed a Python-based framework to orchestrate third-party SSD test suites, aggregate results, and accelerate validation cycles Delivered an API-driven inventory management microservice using Flask and MongoDB ### Lab Technician @ SK hynix memory solutions America Inc. Jan 2016 – Jan 2019 | San Jose, California, United States Configured Supermicro, Dell, HPE, and Lenovo test bench servers Executed firmware validation on Windows Server for enterprise solid-state drives using internal white-box testing platform Conducted initial failure investigations to diagnose test breakdowns and isolate root causes Collaborated with firmware and test engineering teams to retest and validate fixes ### Test Engineer @ OCZ Storage Solutions - A Toshiba Group Company Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 | San Jose, CA Member of the ATF (Acceptance Test Framework team) under the Storage Research and Design Center (SRDC) Develop and maintain automation tools and test infrastructure in order to support test automation framework Test automation script development for Linux/Windows systems for SSD testing Maintain support infrastructure: Gitlab and Jenkins ### Test Engineering Technician @ OCZ Storage Solutions - A Toshiba Group Company Jan 2012 – Jan 2014 | San Jose, CA Configure and deploy consumer and enterprise test systems Run testing suites to verify solid state drive performance, health and compatibility with a focus on enterprise level testing Test storage devices on multiple operating systems: Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Red Hat 5/6, SUSE Enterprise Server 10/11, Ubuntu 12.04/12.10 Execute storage device testing programs such as ATTO, IOMeter 2010, FIO, Bonnie++, BARTS, and Anvil Run backups with Acronis and Clonezilla Develop and maintain Linux automated testing suites RAID/JBOD testing with RAID controllers (LSI, Adaptec, HighPoint...) and onboard controllers through SAS/SATA interfaces, including software raid tests ### Operations Specialist - Booksearch @ Randstad Jan 2010 – Jan 2012 | Mountain View, CA Analyze scanned and electronically generated image files Use image editing software to repair and clean images Utilize shell scripting tools to automate certain duties including: batch file renaming and batch image file orientation rotation Document changes and upload relevant information onto online ticket tracking system Help train new hires on operating BASH shell and daily operation procedures ## Education ### Bachelor of Science - BS in Computer Science California State University - East Bay ### Computer Information Systems Mission College ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/nicholas-k-648a9230 --- Source: https://flows.cv/nicholask JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/nicholask/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-01